Lucen Dacier
@lucendacier.bsky.social
Amateur author and fan of science fiction and good worldbuilding. Writer of BattleTech fan fiction, including Mechwarrior: Wild Rose.
Youtube (for my audio fiction): http://www.youtube.com/@lucendacier6851
Text also on Scribblehub and Space Battles!
Youtube (for my audio fiction): http://www.youtube.com/@lucendacier6851
Text also on Scribblehub and Space Battles!
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Lucen Dacier
@lucendacier.bsky.social
· Nov 9
This #ShamelessSelfpromoSaturday, I am advertising my #battletech #fiction Mechwarrior: Wild Rose, which just finished.
Tune it to see the scion of the Black Thorns, and hot LAM action, along with art by amazing artists in the community.
It's free to read. Links in the replies.
Tune it to see the scion of the Black Thorns, and hot LAM action, along with art by amazing artists in the community.
It's free to read. Links in the replies.
Merlin nearly died on the page for not being flashy. Yet Merlin proved a reliable multipurpose machine loved across the galaxy.
If you feel insignificant, remember the heroes are the reliable ones that show up, ready to do whatever is asked of them.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
If you feel insignificant, remember the heroes are the reliable ones that show up, ready to do whatever is asked of them.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Merlin nearly died on the page for not being flashy. Yet Merlin proved a reliable multipurpose machine loved across the galaxy.
If you feel insignificant, remember the heroes are the reliable ones that show up, ready to do whatever is asked of them.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
If you feel insignificant, remember the heroes are the reliable ones that show up, ready to do whatever is asked of them.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
#nanofree day 30: Finishing off the month with a relatively modest 2660 words written.
Which by my count gives me a total of 63418 words written in the month of November.
I'm sure for pros that's just a light month, but for me it's not half-bad. Calling it a win!
Which by my count gives me a total of 63418 words written in the month of November.
I'm sure for pros that's just a light month, but for me it's not half-bad. Calling it a win!
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#nanofree day 30: Finishing off the month with a relatively modest 2660 words written.
Which by my count gives me a total of 63418 words written in the month of November.
I'm sure for pros that's just a light month, but for me it's not half-bad. Calling it a win!
Which by my count gives me a total of 63418 words written in the month of November.
I'm sure for pros that's just a light month, but for me it's not half-bad. Calling it a win!
Orca was more powerful and dangerous than anything else. So much...that its pilot could not control it.
Let Orca be a lesson. Don't try to take everything on yourself. Don't be so focused on 'being powerful' that you're crushed under the weight.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
Let Orca be a lesson. Don't try to take everything on yourself. Don't be so focused on 'being powerful' that you're crushed under the weight.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Orca was more powerful and dangerous than anything else. So much...that its pilot could not control it.
Let Orca be a lesson. Don't try to take everything on yourself. Don't be so focused on 'being powerful' that you're crushed under the weight.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
Let Orca be a lesson. Don't try to take everything on yourself. Don't be so focused on 'being powerful' that you're crushed under the weight.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
#nanofree day 27: only 1746 words written, but I did have the whole meal and family thing to do today.
I am at about 55,000 words for the month though, so either way I'm doing all right.
I am at about 55,000 words for the month though, so either way I'm doing all right.
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#nanofree day 27: only 1746 words written, but I did have the whole meal and family thing to do today.
I am at about 55,000 words for the month though, so either way I'm doing all right.
I am at about 55,000 words for the month though, so either way I'm doing all right.
#nanofree day 26: 3769 words written. Which is a step down from the pace I had been doing over the weekend, but I am trying to figure out an ending scene that is effectively a post-it note saying "IDK, end goes here or something."
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#nanofree day 26: 3769 words written. Which is a step down from the pace I had been doing over the weekend, but I am trying to figure out an ending scene that is effectively a post-it note saying "IDK, end goes here or something."
#nanofree day 25: 4054 words written. By my tally so far, I'm within a few hundred words of 50,000 for the month. See if I can get over that threshold tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
#nanofree day 25: 4054 words written. By my tally so far, I'm within a few hundred words of 50,000 for the month. See if I can get over that threshold tomorrow.
#nanofree day 24: 3688 words written. A step down from what I was doing over the weekend, but Mondays are busy days for me. We'll see how the rest of the week goes...the end of the month is coming up fast!
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
#nanofree day 24: 3688 words written. A step down from what I was doing over the weekend, but Mondays are busy days for me. We'll see how the rest of the week goes...the end of the month is coming up fast!
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#nanofree day 23: 6394 words written.
I haven't been this locked in since I sat down to write Wild Rose. We'll see how long I can keep this up.
I haven't been this locked in since I sat down to write Wild Rose. We'll see how long I can keep this up.
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
#nanofree day 23: 6394 words written.
I haven't been this locked in since I sat down to write Wild Rose. We'll see how long I can keep this up.
I haven't been this locked in since I sat down to write Wild Rose. We'll see how long I can keep this up.
"IDK, I'll just write whatever and see how I do."
Which led to Day 22 of #nanofree: wrote 5407 words in a day. Don't know where this level of productivity came from, but why not, I'm feeling motivated again.
Which led to Day 22 of #nanofree: wrote 5407 words in a day. Don't know where this level of productivity came from, but why not, I'm feeling motivated again.
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a room .
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November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"IDK, I'll just write whatever and see how I do."
Which led to Day 22 of #nanofree: wrote 5407 words in a day. Don't know where this level of productivity came from, but why not, I'm feeling motivated again.
Which led to Day 22 of #nanofree: wrote 5407 words in a day. Don't know where this level of productivity came from, but why not, I'm feeling motivated again.
#nanofree day 21: 2629 words written.
My normal writing time has been getting taken up with life stuff, so now I write things down during downtime at work. So it goes, learn to adapt and find free time wherever you can.
My normal writing time has been getting taken up with life stuff, so now I write things down during downtime at work. So it goes, learn to adapt and find free time wherever you can.
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#nanofree day 21: 2629 words written.
My normal writing time has been getting taken up with life stuff, so now I write things down during downtime at work. So it goes, learn to adapt and find free time wherever you can.
My normal writing time has been getting taken up with life stuff, so now I write things down during downtime at work. So it goes, learn to adapt and find free time wherever you can.
Lacking heavy firepower, Bloodhound faltered against other 'Mechs. Yet Bloodhound was very good at supporting units that couldn't see what it did.
Even if you're not the strongest, remember anyone can still stand up to support their friends.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
Even if you're not the strongest, remember anyone can still stand up to support their friends.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Lacking heavy firepower, Bloodhound faltered against other 'Mechs. Yet Bloodhound was very good at supporting units that couldn't see what it did.
Even if you're not the strongest, remember anyone can still stand up to support their friends.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
Even if you're not the strongest, remember anyone can still stand up to support their friends.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
#nanofree day 20: 1480 words written. Hard to concentrate on a single project, but glad to be able to keep up momentum and write every day.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#nanofree day 20: 1480 words written. Hard to concentrate on a single project, but glad to be able to keep up momentum and write every day.
#nanofree day 18: wrote 1922 words.
Me: do the words count if they're in a lore document I'm writing in support of the main WIP?
The manager of nanofree, who is also me:
Me: do the words count if they're in a lore document I'm writing in support of the main WIP?
The manager of nanofree, who is also me:
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#nanofree day 18: wrote 1922 words.
Me: do the words count if they're in a lore document I'm writing in support of the main WIP?
The manager of nanofree, who is also me:
Me: do the words count if they're in a lore document I'm writing in support of the main WIP?
The manager of nanofree, who is also me:
#nanofree day 17: only 538 words in Matryoshka, but I have a new direction.
I generally go into a story with a vague idea and let the plan show up as I go through the first draft. That plan is slowly becoming clearer.
I generally go into a story with a vague idea and let the plan show up as I go through the first draft. That plan is slowly becoming clearer.
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#nanofree day 17: only 538 words in Matryoshka, but I have a new direction.
I generally go into a story with a vague idea and let the plan show up as I go through the first draft. That plan is slowly becoming clearer.
I generally go into a story with a vague idea and let the plan show up as I go through the first draft. That plan is slowly becoming clearer.
#nanofree day 16, wrote 712 words in a different WIP to try to clear my head.
Busy with other things today, but powering through to try and get something done in the writing scene.
Busy with other things today, but powering through to try and get something done in the writing scene.
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
#nanofree day 16, wrote 712 words in a different WIP to try to clear my head.
Busy with other things today, but powering through to try and get something done in the writing scene.
Busy with other things today, but powering through to try and get something done in the writing scene.
#nanofree day 15: only wrote 353 words in the Skyless WIP.
Apparently I'm at the stage of my life where weekends are _less_ fun, because they're when I play catch-up on everything I can't get to during the week.
Apparently I'm at the stage of my life where weekends are _less_ fun, because they're when I play catch-up on everything I can't get to during the week.
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#nanofree day 15: only wrote 353 words in the Skyless WIP.
Apparently I'm at the stage of my life where weekends are _less_ fun, because they're when I play catch-up on everything I can't get to during the week.
Apparently I'm at the stage of my life where weekends are _less_ fun, because they're when I play catch-up on everything I can't get to during the week.
#nanofree day 14. Wrote just 637 words in Matryoshka, but that was the ending scene...now I just have to write all that stuff in the middle to _get_ to the ending.
Also wrote 1330 words in the Skyless WIP, taking some notes and trying the Chapter 1 opening for the nth time.
Also wrote 1330 words in the Skyless WIP, taking some notes and trying the Chapter 1 opening for the nth time.
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a dark room .
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November 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
#nanofree day 14. Wrote just 637 words in Matryoshka, but that was the ending scene...now I just have to write all that stuff in the middle to _get_ to the ending.
Also wrote 1330 words in the Skyless WIP, taking some notes and trying the Chapter 1 opening for the nth time.
Also wrote 1330 words in the Skyless WIP, taking some notes and trying the Chapter 1 opening for the nth time.
Struggling both to get its weapons into range and to avoid overheating, Pillager was deeply flawed. Then upgraded equipment made it a versatile fighter.
Stay true to yourself, but rebuild if something's not working. It's how you become great.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
Stay true to yourself, but rebuild if something's not working. It's how you become great.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Struggling both to get its weapons into range and to avoid overheating, Pillager was deeply flawed. Then upgraded equipment made it a versatile fighter.
Stay true to yourself, but rebuild if something's not working. It's how you become great.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
Stay true to yourself, but rebuild if something's not working. It's how you become great.
#battletech #GoodFeelsFriday
#nanofree day 13: wrote 1714 words in Matryoshka. A first pass on a very difficult scene...I suspect I'm going to have to rewrite it in the future.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
#nanofree day 13: wrote 1714 words in Matryoshka. A first pass on a very difficult scene...I suspect I'm going to have to rewrite it in the future.
#nanofree day 12: Wrote 1645 days in the Matryoshka WIP.
Would have written more, but I want to be able to sleep, and I've gotten up to that scene.
You know. _That_ scene.
Would have written more, but I want to be able to sleep, and I've gotten up to that scene.
You know. _That_ scene.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#nanofree day 12: Wrote 1645 days in the Matryoshka WIP.
Would have written more, but I want to be able to sleep, and I've gotten up to that scene.
You know. _That_ scene.
Would have written more, but I want to be able to sleep, and I've gotten up to that scene.
You know. _That_ scene.
#nanofree day 11. Tried to get back in the saddle after a rough day yesterday.
1218 words in the Matryoshka story. Realized I don't have to write sequentially, so I skipped ahead to this scene.
1218 words in the Matryoshka story. Realized I don't have to write sequentially, so I skipped ahead to this scene.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
#nanofree day 11. Tried to get back in the saddle after a rough day yesterday.
1218 words in the Matryoshka story. Realized I don't have to write sequentially, so I skipped ahead to this scene.
1218 words in the Matryoshka story. Realized I don't have to write sequentially, so I skipped ahead to this scene.